🌈 Erika Pérez
@erikaperez22.bsky.social
Historian of early CA, gender, sexuality, borderlands. L.A. native. Views my own, not my employer’s. NEH fellow, 2023-24, Huntington Library. ❤️ jigsaw puzzles, cross stitching, burlesque, comedy shows, deejays. Look for me on the dance floor! 🪩 🏳️🌈🖤
I have no doubt my employer, led by our comply-in-advance president, will agree without a fight.
White House to University of Arizona: Sign political agenda deal tied to federal funds
The University of Arizona and eight other universities are asked to pledge support for President Donald Trump's political agenda and "create a more welcoming environment for conservatives," reports sa...
tucson.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I have no doubt my employer, led by our comply-in-advance president, will agree without a fight.
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Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
September 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
Texas counted “Hispanics” as racially white to avoid school desegregation in the 20th century. But now federal programs for addressing disparities experienced by Hispanics are supposedly racially discriminatory…against white folks. This bogus “reverse” discrimination victimhood is beyond ridiculous.
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is ...
apnews.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Texas counted “Hispanics” as racially white to avoid school desegregation in the 20th century. But now federal programs for addressing disparities experienced by Hispanics are supposedly racially discriminatory…against white folks. This bogus “reverse” discrimination victimhood is beyond ridiculous.
My uni's political activity policy. Typical cactus country. Employees must not allow their interest in a particular party, candidate, or political issue affect their objectivity when performing duties. But, academic freedom, yay? Also, disciplinary measures if you mess up, grrr. Fun tightrope (sigh)
Political Activity Policy
policy.arizona.edu
July 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My uni's political activity policy. Typical cactus country. Employees must not allow their interest in a particular party, candidate, or political issue affect their objectivity when performing duties. But, academic freedom, yay? Also, disciplinary measures if you mess up, grrr. Fun tightrope (sigh)
Drove to Pride event last night, downtown LA cordoned off, overkill of helicopters, sirens, police. Event deejay played songs invoking theme, if it’s the last day on earth (our country), dance in queer joy before the revolution begins. Overheard many plan to attend #NoKings today, arranging meetups.
June 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Drove to Pride event last night, downtown LA cordoned off, overkill of helicopters, sirens, police. Event deejay played songs invoking theme, if it’s the last day on earth (our country), dance in queer joy before the revolution begins. Overheard many plan to attend #NoKings today, arranging meetups.
Grading student finals in my U.S. sports history undergrad course. Cannot believe students born well after the Cold War technically ended still use Rocky IV as a reference example. Such nationalistic dribble. Hate this film and it most certainly was not assigned. 🙄 #skystorians
Burning Hearts & Iron Curtains: Rocky IV & Cold War Propaganda
The appeal of Rocky Balboa is his relatable status as a flawed everyman. In 1976, director John G. Avildsen gave us the perfect underdog story. Backed by an Oscar-nominated screenplay by Stallone h…
vhsrevival.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Grading student finals in my U.S. sports history undergrad course. Cannot believe students born well after the Cold War technically ended still use Rocky IV as a reference example. Such nationalistic dribble. Hate this film and it most certainly was not assigned. 🙄 #skystorians
This made me think of the many queer feminists of color who we have lost to cancer.
Cancer-causing chemicals are in many beauty products women use, a study finds
Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This made me think of the many queer feminists of color who we have lost to cancer.
My 3rd campus president in 13 years. Groundhog Day in the type of people they hire as president and provost.
U of A faculty vote in landslide to urge Garimella to fight Trump orders
University of Arizona faculty voted in a landslide to urge UA President Suresh Garimella to defend the university’s bedrock principles from “ideological and governmental attacks on universities and hi...
tucson.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My 3rd campus president in 13 years. Groundhog Day in the type of people they hire as president and provost.
I will donate to groups like Democracy Forward rather than any political candidate or party.
This Legal Group Keeps Suing Trump — And There's A Reason They Keep Winning
Democracy Forward has emerged as a leading legal organization that’s been slowing, if not stopping, some of Trump’s recklessness.
www.huffpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I will donate to groups like Democracy Forward rather than any political candidate or party.
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This essay is so important. Have already downloaded and you should too. www.yalelawjournal.org/article/coms... 🗃️
March 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This essay is so important. Have already downloaded and you should too. www.yalelawjournal.org/article/coms... 🗃️
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
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Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections.
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?
Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.
propub.li
February 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections.
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Who’s going to tell them about intersex people? Chromosomal variations? They don’t give two shits about girl’s or women’s sports. TX AG wants NCAA to use cheek swabs but they’ll go back to 1966 nude parades, bet. How quickly some women athletes forget that we were once branded as manly, unfeminine.
Texas AG asks court to require NCAA to begin gender testing as part of new transgender policy
The Republican attorney general in Texas wants the NCAA to take its transgender policy a step further and require gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports.
apnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Who’s going to tell them about intersex people? Chromosomal variations? They don’t give two shits about girl’s or women’s sports. TX AG wants NCAA to use cheek swabs but they’ll go back to 1966 nude parades, bet. How quickly some women athletes forget that we were once branded as manly, unfeminine.
Dope. Except the figure should be a trans child, a drag Queen, a K-12 librarian or a brown immigrant since they are among the first to be sacrificed in this coup. I always hated Teslas to begin with but even more now.
Susie Bright on Substack
Portuguese cartoonist Zez Vez: Tiananmen Square redux
substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Dope. Except the figure should be a trans child, a drag Queen, a K-12 librarian or a brown immigrant since they are among the first to be sacrificed in this coup. I always hated Teslas to begin with but even more now.
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Or this one on the Civil Rights Act & the LGBTQ community: www.nps.gov/articles/000.... Or this one on teaching suffrage: www.nps.gov/articles/000.... Or this one on the incarceration of Japanese Americans: www.nps.gov/miin/learn/h....
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the LGB Community (U.S. National Park Service)
Civil Rights Act, LGBTQ+, Civil Rights, Stonewall
www.nps.gov
February 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Or this one on the Civil Rights Act & the LGBTQ community: www.nps.gov/articles/000.... Or this one on teaching suffrage: www.nps.gov/articles/000.... Or this one on the incarceration of Japanese Americans: www.nps.gov/miin/learn/h....
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Also: the footnote for citation 10 is noticeably absent in the letter. I wonder what source they hoped to cite there…
February 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Also: the footnote for citation 10 is noticeably absent in the letter. I wonder what source they hoped to cite there…
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THREAD: The telling of our history--one that is truthful & anchored in evidence--is being wiped away & literally rewritten in the National Park Service RIGHT NOW. You may have heard about the erasure of trans people from NPS sites, including its telling of Stonewall: www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm
Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
THREAD: The telling of our history--one that is truthful & anchored in evidence--is being wiped away & literally rewritten in the National Park Service RIGHT NOW. You may have heard about the erasure of trans people from NPS sites, including its telling of Stonewall: www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm
Consumer choices are always political from homespun during the Revolution, Quaker boycotts of goods produced by enslaved labor, Consumers’ League antisweatshop labels, UFW label on grapes picked under union contract, LGBTQ folks boycotting OJ. The Goods Unite Us app & now this are helpful tools.
The Black Consumer Advisory
naacp.org
February 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Consumer choices are always political from homespun during the Revolution, Quaker boycotts of goods produced by enslaved labor, Consumers’ League antisweatshop labels, UFW label on grapes picked under union contract, LGBTQ folks boycotting OJ. The Goods Unite Us app & now this are helpful tools.
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Hahaha!! So true. #AcademicSky #PhdSky
When reviewer 2 says something nice about your paper
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hahaha!! So true. #AcademicSky #PhdSky
My friend and colleague Rudy Guevarra Jr., professor of Asian-Pacific American Studies at Arizona State, and his radio interview about Bad Bunny’s song “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii” and themes of imperialism, white supremacy, and tourism. See also Guevarra’s Aloha Compadre about Latinos in Hawai’i.
Bad Bunny song about Hawaiʻi sparks conversation about displacement, overtourism
The Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny released a new album with a track titled "LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii," a song with a prominent reference to the islands. The Conversation talked to Rudy Gueva...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My friend and colleague Rudy Guevarra Jr., professor of Asian-Pacific American Studies at Arizona State, and his radio interview about Bad Bunny’s song “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii” and themes of imperialism, white supremacy, and tourism. See also Guevarra’s Aloha Compadre about Latinos in Hawai’i.
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The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding—new from @awalkerinla.bsky.social
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding
There's an army of volunteers at their keyboards right now, all over the country, preventing the ignition of a secondary disaster by snuffing out LA's price-gouging rentals
www.torched.la
January 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding—new from @awalkerinla.bsky.social
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
Beyond disgusting…
apnews.com/article/mart... Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
apnews.com/article/mart... Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E.
apnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Beyond disgusting…
apnews.com/article/mart... Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
apnews.com/article/mart... Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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All Los Angeles Public Library locations are providing free N95 masks. Libraries are essential!
January 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
All Los Angeles Public Library locations are providing free N95 masks. Libraries are essential!